Foreign Affairs Discussion Group Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: c.hinton who wrote (261104)	4/9/2008 4:31:13 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 281500

gosh.... more important but not relevant..thats just like saying debt is wealth. No its not very much like that at all. Debt is not the same as wealth, but things can easily be important but not relevant. If the issue isn't strongly related to what's being discussed its not relevant. Stating that isn't the same as stating its unimportant. If we are discussing the gold standard, and you find out your house is going to burn down, that would important, much more important than our little debate on SI, but it would't be relevant to the debate. If you brought it up, not as a reason to stop debating, but as a reason why you had been proven correct, you would be making a non sequitur. Also "debt is wealth" isn't something I ever said or implied. Since inflation/devaluing of the currency can be an important issue, you might want to discuss it instead. But then you should make it clear that you are changing the topic. International trade and economies of scale (the issues I was talking about in the post you replied to) are not the same issue as inflation.

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next